荒野地具有重要的价值和保护意义,但目前中国尚未开展荒野地调查统计工作。首次从空间角度识别中国现存荒野地,绘制出第一个中国大陆国土尺度荒野地图(分辨率为1km~2)。以荒野连续谱作为概念基础,采用经典荒野制图方法,首先分别对距聚居点遥远度、距道路遥远度、生物物理自然度及外观自然度4项指标进行评估,在此基础上应用多指标评价法(MCE)进行等权重叠加,得到中国荒野度指数(WQI)地图。根据中国荒野地图识别结果,定义的中国高质量荒野地、较高质量荒野地、中质量荒野地、低质量荒野地、其他土地分别占我国陆地总面积的4.3%、12.4%、11.9%、24.0%、47.4%。首次揭示了中国荒野地空间分布情况,有望为中国荒野保护政策制定、各类自然保护地发展规划,以及生态保护红线划定与评估提供重要依据。
Wilderness areas have great value and protection significance. China, however, has not yet conducted an up-to-date wilderness resources inventory. This study presents the first wilderness map for the continental areas in mainland China using a resolution of one square kilometer measuring unit. Based on the concept of the Wilderness Continuum, a classic wilderness mapping method is applied. A wilderness map is produced considering four key attributes of wildness assessments including remoteness from settlements, remoteness from access, and biophysical naturalness as well as the apparent naturalness of the landscape. The result is evaluated through combining them with equal weight using Multi-Criteria Evaluation(MCE). In the end, the Chinese Wilderness Index(WQI) Map distinguishing different levels of wilderness for the land evaluated is produced. According to the Chinese Wilderness Map, the five categories assigned including the high-quality wilderness, relatively high-quality wilderness, medium-quality wilderness, low-quality wilderness and other remaining areas, are respectively taken up to 4.3%, 12.4%, 11.9%, 24.0% and 47.4% of the total continental areas of China. This study describes the spatial distribution of wilderness areas in China for the first time, which is expected to provide an important basis for the development of wilderness protection policies in China, containing great contribution to the establishment of development plans of all kinds of protected areas and to a more scientific delineation of ecological protection redlines.